Health technology in perspective

Health technology in perspective

*Correspondence: Tae-Il Kim (Editor-in-Chief) Department of Periodontology, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-749, Korea E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +82-2-2072-2642 Fax: +82-2-744-1349 The ongoing development of information and communication technology (ICT) is taking the healthcare industry to the next level. It allows an independent healthca...

A sociotechnical perspective of health information technology

Editorial A sociotechnical perspective of health information technology In 2011 the Institute of Medicine published the report Health IT and Patient Safety. It addressed the growing concern that health information technology may not only beneficial for patients but also pose risks for patient safety. The report emphasizes that patient safety can be understood from a sociotechnical perspective i...

Health technology assessment: a perspective from Germany.

Health technology assessment (HTA) has been discussed in Germany since the late 1990s, closely related to the advent of evidence-based medicine. The idea of technology assessment was initially discussed in Germany by the “technology assessment office of the parliament.” This was further supported by a scientific project to evaluate the use and benefit of HTA in the German health-care setting at...

Health Information Technology in American Medicine: A Historical Perspective

Perspective of the Future of Pharmaceutical Technology in Iran

Pharmaceutical industry is currently undergoing a transient phase with new orientation. Loss of financial resources, presence of new therapeutic agents and increasing cost of research and development have called for a full.scale restructuring within the pharmaceutical industry to retain even the most basic competitiveness. The development of new technologies has been as one way out of the dile...